Table 12. Relative number of species and percentage of total faunal 

 composition over all stations for the November-December 

 1979 and the May 1980 sampling at the Panama City beaches. 





Nov. 



-Dec. 1979 



May 



1980 





No. of 



Pet of 



No. of 



Pet of 



Major taxon 



species 



total fauna 



species 



total fauna 



CNIDARIA 



3 



0.10 



1 



0.17 



PLATYHELMINTHES 



1 



0.30 



1 



0.02 



NEMERTINEA 



1 



1.45 



1 



1.33 



NEMATODA 



1 



4.46 



1 



1.01 



BRYOZOA 



— 



~ 



~ 



0.02 



GASTROTRICHA 



1 



0.10 



~ 



~ 



PHORONIDA 



~ 



~ 



1 



0.62 



SIPUNCULIDA 



1 



0.02 



~ 



~ 



OLIGOCHAETA 



1 



3.03 



1 



0.35 



POLYCHAETA 



36 



44.21 



36 



52.96 



GASTROPODA 



13 



1.15 



15 



1.04 



BIVALVIA 



14 



2.86 



11 



6.48 



COPEPODA 



1 



0.54 



1 



0.03 



CUMACEA 



4 ■ 



0.61 



6 



0.77 



OSTRACODA 



4 



0.12 



1 



0.05 



ISOPODA 



2 



0.24 



5 



1.26 



AMPHIPODA 



10 



32.06 



12 



23.97 



PENAEIDEA 



1 



0.06 



1 



0.05 



CARIDEA 



3 



0.57 



3 



0.23 



MACRURA 



~ 



~ 



1 



1.11 



ANOMURA 



7 



1.39 



9 



1.90 



BRACHYURA 



10 



1.97 



9 



2.62 



MYSIDACEA 



9 



2.87 



5 



0.49 



STOMATOPODA 



— 



— 



1 



0.05 



ECHINOIDEA 



1 



1.43 



1 



3.99 



HOLOTHUROIDEA 



1 



0.02 



~ 



~ 



OPHIUROIDEA 



1 



0.04 



~ 



— 



CHAETOGNATHA 



1 



0.20 



1 



0.10 



CEPHALOCHORDATA 



1 



0.30 



1 



0.10 



Total 



128 



1 



100.00 



125 



100.00 



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